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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Threats of tropical weather kept hotel and condo reservations down in the Florida Panhandle over the long holiday weekend.But those who kept their plans to visit Panama City Beach found discounted rates on their hotel...

Walt Disney World has begun requiring children from 3 to 9 years old to have their fingers scanned when they enter the theme parks, just like older kids and adults.
Disney said the new process will help block the use of stolen and shared tickets....

Universal Orlando is taking a new marketing approach with its water park opening next year.
It's calling Volcano Bay a "water theme park."
Water parks have generally been considered in a class of their own. Walt Disney World, for example, is...

Two years ago, the Sentinel unveiled a stark statistic: Central Florida had the lowest median wage of any major metro in America.
Lower than Detroit, Miami, Milwaukee, you name it.
We were the only community in America where the majority of jobs —...

Legoland Florida is now accepting reservations for its under-construction Legoland Hotel, the resort announced Tuesday.
The Winter Haven attraction is building a colorful five-story, 152-room hotel near the entrance of the theme park. It will include a...

Binh Sieu Tran and his associates in California were making so much money from their marijuana operation that they spared no expense when it came time to shipping the drugs to Orlando, agents say.
The overnight packages bound for the Hyatt Regency were...

When Jose Ortiz walked into the Lakeview Inn and Suites on South Orange Blossom Trail Sunday afternoon, he said he was an Orange County deputy who was working on an investigation. But the staffers knew there was something strange about him.
Ortiz, 49...

The developer of a futuristic mall, hotel and entertainment complex proposed for north International Drive has promised a project that will look unlike anything else in Orlando – a "22nd Century" design.
But until recently, parts of it looked...

A new publicly traded company, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, may be headquartered in Orlando.
The company was formerly known as Inland American Lodging, which owns the Grand Bohemian Hotel in downtown Orlando. It’s parent company, Inland American Real...

Hollywood Beach Hooray for Hollywood! Hollywood Beach, that is. This sun-splashed mecca has evolved into a must-go-to destination. It's South Beach sans the over-the-top bling-bling -- and a lot more family-friendly. As a teen, I hung out here every...

Orlando officials have approved plans for a massive hotel and shopping complex that, if built, would become the most prominent development on the north end of International Drive.
The project, expected to cost between $300 million and $400 million, would...

Documents filed last week with Orange County indicate that construction could be imminent on a fifth Universal Orlando hotel.
A "notice of commencement" was filed with the Orange County comptroller's office for excavation work in the same...

I rarely review a restaurant twice within a year of its opening. But I sometimes make an exception when a new chef takes the helm at a prominent location.
Hamilton's Kitchen opened in 2013 at Winter Park's Alfond Inn. In May the boutique hotel welcomed...

Agents said Friday they dismantled a crime ring shipping high-quality marijuana from California to International Drive hotel rooms, where associates would sign for the packages, before moving the drugs to suburban Orlando stash houses.
The Metropolitan...

Gone are the days of vacations turning into guilt trips, as it turns out hotels actually want you to take those little bottles of shampoos and lotion.
Forbes delved into hotel science and spoke with officials from Marriott International and Starwood’s...

The Alfond Inn, a boutique hotel established by Rollins College a year ago to raise money for scholarships, is exceeding its income projections for 2014, the school said Wednesday.
The $32.5 million Winter Park hotel was projected to have net operating...

Osceola County, often overshadowed by Orlando's global image as a vacation destination, is trying to stake out a patch of supremacy in Central Florida's crowded tourism landscape.
Citing its huge inventory of vacation properties for rent, it's...

The Union Street Guest House has been flooded with negative Yelp reviews after people online began to take notice of the New York hotel's policy of threatening guests with a $500 fine if they leave bad reviews, according to CNN.
Up until Monday the...

Orlando's hotel industry has been having a strong year as evidenced by solid occupancy rates and average daily room rates that are generally higher than last year's.
But Visit Orlando, the region's chief tourism-marketing agency, points out that June's...